On the day of the NHL’s trade deadline last week, the Philadelphia Flyers made a couple of moves that would not mean a whole lot in the grand scheme of things but raised a couple of eyebrows. Not out of ultimate questioning, but instead just peaking some curiosity and wondering exactly why these moves were made.
Of course, we know that they spent a mid-round draft pick to get elderly veteran Erik Johnson on their blue line for the rest of the season, and we know that he could provide at least some sort of stabilizing force back there.